Sylvia Cook‘s father was a photographer, so she grew up around a studio, chemicals, a darkroom and photo equipment. After college, she started getting into digital photography and eventually began running her own business, specializing in portraits with natural lighting.

The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland wasn’t entirely fictional. Cats really do seem invisible sometimes, all except for their glowing eyes. Whether blue, green or yellow, cats’ eyes have a light of their own. It’s a mysterious if not slightly creepy sight, definitely worth photographing.

Yann Pendariès is a professional French photographer who has been taking pictures since age 11. In an interview with msjeannieology.com (found here), Yann says his hope is to ‘immerse the viewer in an idyllic world where dreams and poetry make you forget the worries of life.’

Alexandra Mascia lives on Sardinia, a sunny Italian island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. As a portrait photographer, she takes advantage of the warm light in her environment to naturally illuminate her models.

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I always define macro photography as – ‘What the eyes can’t quite see, but what the lens accomplishes with such an amazing beauty.’ So many day to day things we pass by, are filled with thousands of small fragments of details. The human eye can only see so much of the detail in objects, such as flowers.

While there are countless eBooks out there on photography, it can be a daunting task to filter through them all. Which books are worth their price tag, and will you walk away with the knowledge you need to improve your photography?

Beach umbrellas are supposedly for shade, but they’re often more like decorative pieces, like a giant flower bouquets for the beach. They look especially great in photos because they contrast the sky and ocean in color and shape, putting a bright circle against the flat blue horizon.